Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14957, John Dodd, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dodd, John Hubbard, Hannah
W 14957
Former widow
CONTENTS

Reports
173.
Massachusetts
Sarah Hubbard widow of John Dodd
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of June 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2

Declaration
Massachusetts county of Suffolk ss.
On this seventeenth day of December 1839 personally appeared before Peter O Thacher Esq. of the the City of Boston Municipal Court of the City of Boston, Hannah Hubbard a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty four years old August twenty seventh eighteen hundred and thirty nine, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 1837
That she was married to John Dods February Sixth seventeen hundred and seventy seven, who was a volunteer in the company commanded by Captain John Jones in Col d Doolittle's Regiment as a private he was called the twentieth day of April to Lexington and was at Bunker Hill and was stationed at Winter Hill station eight or nine months, when his term of service had expired he went to Springfield and enlisted for six months longer and was employed there in the Laboratory.
John Dods resided in the Town of Holden, county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts when he entered the service.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Dods on the sixth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, that her husband the aforesaid John Dods, died the twenty third of November eighteen hundred and ten. That she was afterwards married to Peter Hubbard, who died on the twelfth day of August eighteen hundred and twenty six, and that she was a widow on the 4 th July eighteen hundred and thirty six, and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. Turn over for signature

On this aforesaid seventeenth day of December 1839, the foregoing applicant, Hannah Hubbard repeated and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing and within application before me the subscriber; and further certify that by reason of her great age and infirmity, said applicant was unable to attend perso- nally in Court
Hannah Hubbard
Peter G. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
I Jonathan M (Dodd of the City of Boston aged thirty eight years, Broker testify and say that I well knew the within named John Dodds that he was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier and that he died at Rutland in the state of Massachusetts on or about November 23 d 1810 and that his wife Hannah Hubbard the present ap- plicant was living at his decease - the said John Dodds and Hannah his wife were my Grandfather and Grandmother and have been known to me in the relation from my infancy. After the death of said John Dodds the said Hannah his widow married Peter Hubbard to wit on or about the 19 th of December eighteen hundred and eleven and they continued to live together as man and wife until the death of said Peter Hubbard which took place in the month of August eighteen hundred and twenty six I further say that said Hannah hath continued to live a widow not having been again married to the present time.
Jonathan M (Dodd

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss.
On this seventeenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before me the subseribent here, the foregoing Deposition of Jonathan M. Dodd and made solemn oaths to the truth of the contents of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence: and I certify that said Jonathan M. Dodd is per-sonally known to me and that he is a person of respectability & entitled to full belief on his oath.
Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston and Justice of the Peace throughout the said Commonwealth.
Suffolk ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Thomas W Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is the Judge of said Municipal Court & that the Deposition written hereon, purporting to be his, are genuine - Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereto set this eighteenth day of December A. D. Eighteen hundred & thirty nine Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of said Municipal Court

John Dood Esq. Died November 28. 1810 -
Peter Hubbard & Hannah Dood both of Holam were married December 11. 1811 by Joseph Avery Clerk
Peter Hubbard Died August 12. 1826 -
I hereby certify that the above are a true copy of from the Records of the Town of Holam - Paul Davis Town Clerk Holam Dec 9. 1839.

I Paul Davis Town Clerk of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I have examined the Records in the Town of Holden and find as follows
John Dols & Hannah Morse of Holden were Married February sixth Seventeen hundred seventy seven
By the Rev d Joseph Avery,,
I further certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows " Feby. 6 1777,,
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden
I Paul Davis above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holden in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Holden with the exception abovenamed as certified by me
Holden Dec. 9. 1839.
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden
Sworn before me Samuel Dunsen Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prouty, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Samuel Darnes is Justice of the Peace within the said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do here- unto set my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of Decem- ber, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Chas. G. Prouty, Register

no 8646.
Hannah Hubbard formerly widow of John Dodd Mass.
Act 7. July 3, 80 & 23 Aug. 42 admd Smapri
$ 26.66
Will Parmenter H.R.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk County - } ss.
On this seventeenth day of February A.D. 1823, personally appeared before the Hon. John Gray Sturgis one of the Justices of the Police Court a Court of Record within & for said County, Hannah Hubbard a resident of Boston, in the County of Suffolk aged 84. years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" and also of the act passed 23 d . August 1842. amending said act; - That she is the widow of John Dodd who was a Private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served as she verily believed as follows. He enlisted as a Volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. John Jones in Col. Doolittle's Regiment as a private, he was called the 20 th day of April 1775. to Lexington and was at Bunker Hill and was stationed at Mint Hill eight or nine months. After this term of service had expired and sometime in the months of July or August 1777. he went to Springfield and enlisted six months longer and was employed there in the Laboratory making cartridges; His residence at the times above stated was in Holden, County of Worcester & Commonwealth aforesaid. The service last named & distinctly remember was subsequent to my marriage with said Dodd.
She further declared That she was married to the said John Dodd on the sixth day of February seventeen hundred & seventy seven; That her husband the aforesaid John Dodd died on the twenty third day of November eighteen hundred & ten; That she afterwards was married to Peter Hubbard on the month day of December 1811. who died on the twelfth day of August 1826. since which time she had

not intermarried but has ever since continued, and now is, the widow of John Dodd & Peter Hubbard aforesaid.
She further declared that after her marriage with the said Dodd she was engaged, according to the best of her recollection and belief, in the service of the M. F. but from inability to prove the same prays that she may be allowed the benefits of the acts of 1838 & 1842.
Hannah Hubbard.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, at her residence in Boston aforesaid she being unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court.
John Gray Rogers.
One of the Justices of the Police Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss.
I Thomas Penn, Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Boston, within and for the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that John Gray Rogers, Esquire, whose name is subscribed, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the said Court, and that the above signature is his proper handwriting, and that the said Court is a Court of Record within said Commonwealth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed, at Boston, the eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Thomas Penn. Clerk.

I James Dodd of the city of Boston in the County of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say, that Hannah Hubbard the applicant named in the foregoing application is my mother, that she had not intermarried since the decease of Peter Hubbard her last husband who died in the year 1826, - That I have examined the declaration sworn to by her on the foregoing sheet and believe from my own knowledge of the facts that the statements therein made are strictly true
James Dodd
State of Massachusetts Suffolk County } ss.
On this 18 th day of Feb. 1843, personally appeared James Dodd, known to me to be a credible witness, & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
Franklin Haver, Just. of the Peace
I am requested to say that to the best of my knowledge and belief Franklin Haver was a justice of the Peace when the above oath was taken
Washington Feb. 24. 1843
W. D. Parsons

1027
Hannah Hubbard
$26:66 per an
L. M. Stone
Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk County - } ss.
Be it known That on this second day of May 1843. personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County and Commonwealth aged Mrs. Hannah Hubbard a resident of Boston in said County and Commonwealth aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d . day of March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War;
That she is the widow of Peter Hubbard, formerly the widow of John Dodd who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7 th July 1838. to which declaration, and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act the act of 23 d August 1842. at the rate of Twenty Six 66 /100 Doll s . per annum, which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836. to the 4 th of March 1841. at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since

The decease of her last Husband Peter Hubbard but is now the widow of said Hubbard and formerly the widow of John Dodd dec d . for whose services she was pensioned as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. And further she saith not. Hannah Hubbard
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year first within written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described. Before me Lowell Mr. Stone Justice of the Peace
I Benj n John Dodd of Boston in the county of Suffolk, of lawful age on oath testify and say that Hannah Hubbard the applicant named in the foregoing declaration is my mother. She was the wife of John Dodd and afterwards of Peter Hubbard and for the services of her first husband the aforesaid John Dodd in the War of the Revolution she received a pension under the law of 1838 as stated by her. She is still a widow. Benj. Dodd
Suffolk County, ss. May 2 d 1843. - Then personally appeared Benj n Dodd Esq r known to me to be a credible witness & made oaths that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - Before me
Lowell Mr. Stone Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 5 1843
I hereby C ertify, That at the date of the within attestation Sowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Helen Harriet Hubbard, formerly Mrs. of Gen. D. D. D. Mf. 77 d. 1870
75. 8 mo. John M. Doolittle on roll 6. Laboratory - Sperry?
Report to X. Reed

Massachusetts 1307
Hannah Hubbard, formerly
widow of John Dodd
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of August 1843 and sent to L. M. Stone Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 43 1/2
Reported

4797 Act 1836 - Mass
Kannah Hubbard formerly widow of John Dodd.
Let to Hon. Abbot Lawrence
28 Jany 1840 & 25 Mar 40
Hon F. Pierce - July 27. 1841
Jas. Dodd. Jany. 1841 1842
to Geo: W. Dodd. Nov. 16. 1842
Hon M. Parmenter July 6 '43
Act 4 July 1836

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14937
Heannah Hubbard
widow of
John Lord
Pri Rev War
Act: Act 22 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec 22 1842
Messrs:
H. Hubbard
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Pension Office, Washington.
[A large, stylized X mark, likely a cancellation or error.]

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Pension Office, Washington. Dear Sir;
Boston, Dec r 19 1842
I wrote to you on the 7 th of January last, in behalf of Mrs. Hannah Hubbard, asking your attention to her claim which had been presented at your office for the reward of services rendered by her first husband John Dodd. —
In your reply, under date of Jan'y 17 th you say, — "Although the service of 8 Months in 1775 is established, it cannot avail the Widow under the Act of July 4, 1836. inasmuch as she was not Married until the year 1777. — And the second Marriage precludes her from receiving the benefit of the provisions of the Act of July 7 1838 for that service." —
Then objections to the allowance of her claim for the 8 months service, acknowledged to be established , I understand to be removed by an Act of Congress, passed August 23 d 1842. I therefore, in her behalf, renew the application for that service only, in the confidence, if I do not mistake the meaning of said Act, that you will furnish the certificate of the claim being allowed, to enable her to realize the benefit Congress has provided for the Widows of Soldiers of the revolution. —
I herewith transmit the Affidavit of Benjamin Dodd, affirming the fact that Mrs. Hubbard is now a Widow. —
With my acknowledgements for the attention you have already given to this subject I am very Resp y
W. Mott James Dodd. —

I Benjamin Dodd of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, depose and say, that Mrs Hannah Hubbard, formerly the Wife and Widow of John Dodd of Halden in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is now living and is a Widow; And that she is the same person who on the 17 th day of December 1839, made, before Peter O Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the requisite declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress of July 5. 1836 and March 3. 1837. Which declaration I suppose to be on file in the Pension Office in Washington -
Benj Dodd
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss On this seventeenth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared before me Charles Hayward a Notary Public and Justice of the Peace for the said County, residing in Boston. Benjamin Dodd of this City to me well known and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration him subscribed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this day and year above written.
Charles Hayward Notary Public & Justice of the Peace

Jan 10. 1842.
Mass: A. Hubbardston
J.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office, Washington.

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Pension Office, Washington,
Boston, Jan'y 7 th 1842
Dear Sir;
I learn from papers now before me and from other sources, that a claim was presented at the Pension Office a year ago, in behalf of Mrs. Hannah Hubbard, now a Widow, for the reward of services rendered by her first Husband, John Dodd, who was a volunteer in the Army during the early part of the American Revolution.
One of the papers alluded to above, is your letter to the Hon. Franklin Pierce, which I here copy, as it may serve to refresh your memory, and perhaps assist you in more readily turning to the records of your Office which you may have occasion to review.
"Pension Office, July 21 1831.
Sir. The letter of Mr Dodd respecting the claim of Mrs. Hannah Hubbard, formerly the Widow of John Dodd, is herewith returned. — Since the interview I had with you on Monday, in relation to the Affidavits of Artemas Doyden and John Flagg, I have found those affidavits. They were filed in the Office some time last Winter by yourself, and as there was nothing about them by which I could ascertain to what claim they belonged, I had the honor of addressing you on the 15. June last. — Mr Dodd's letter has furnished the name of the present applicant and I now have to inform you that the proof in support of the alleged term of service by the said John Dodd in the

Laboratory at Springfield is not satisfactory. - The claim will remain suspended until further evidence is produced. - I have the honor to be very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t (Signed) J. L. Edwards "
"Hon Franklin Pierce United States Senate"
Another, the last probably, in the correspondence which has taken place upon this subject, is a letter from Mr Pierce, to Jonathan M. Dodd, the former agent of Mrs Hubbard, and is as follows. -
"Washington July 29 1841.
Sir: The doubt and difficulty with regard to the Papers, in the case of Mrs Hannah Hubbard has arisen from the fact that in all former communications her present name was omitted and she was only referred to as the Widow of Jonathan Dodd. - It is highly probable that the records in the Office of your Secy of State may throw some light upon your Grandfather's service in the Laboratory at Springfield. - Yr obdt Serv t (Signed) Frank Pierce"
I am informed application has been made at our Secretary of State's Office, to supply the evidence referred to in the preceding letter, and the reply there given was, that the records of those times, relative to those particular events, could not be found in the Office, and the supposition is they were sent to Washington some years since and have never been returned. -

Proof therefore, upon this point, must rest on collateral evidence, unless it can be furnished by the Department at Washington, as there is not probably, now living, any person except the claimant, who can give the direct testimony required: — That is contained in her declaration under oath. —
If that will not avail her, in the absence of corroborative testimony, that part of the claim must be waived till some unexpected event may afford further light upon the matter, or entirely abandoned and her claim rest on the proof, of already adduced, of her the service.
If the Documents, not to be found in our Secretary of State's Office, are at Washington, I suppose they can easily be referred to, and I will take measures to have the examination made by some of our delegation in Congress, unless you can suggest to me a more convenient course by designating some one who is more familiar with the records of the Departments. —
You will confer a favor by advising me at your earliest convenience
I am Very Resp't
Yr obedt Servt James Dodd
Please address me "at the Massachusetts Bank, Boston."

Mem. of Dood
Col Hon Mr Prew June 15 1841
Dood
Am F. Pierce Senate U.S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 10 th 1840.
I hereby Certify, That Charles Chaffin is now, and has been for the three months last past, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Artemas Dryden of Holden in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - depose and say - that I am eighty three years old. That I was well acquainted with John Dodd from childhood until the time of his decease. That during the War of the Revolution, he the said John Dodd was at the Laboratory at Springfield in Massachusetts, and I served his country for some months. I do not recollect the exact time - that he was for many years an inhabitant of said Holden Artemas Dryden
Attest C Chaffin Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss Holden Apr 20th 1840 The above affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year above written to be used at the Pension Office of the United States in behalf of the Widow of the late John Dodd.
Charles Chaffin, Justin Pease
The above named Artemas Dryden is a man of truth & veracity. His testimony would be relied on, by those who know him.
Charles Chaffin J. Pease

Jonathan Flagg of Holden being in my eighty fourth year, depose and say that I was personally acquainted with John Dodd, that I know he enlisted into Capt Jones's Company, in the Spring of 1775 - for the term of Eight months, and I was in the same Company - with said Dodd, after we enlisted we marched to Winter Hill near Boston, and remained in the vicinity of Boston during the Eight months, and said Dodd was employed some of the time during the said time as a Carpenter to assist in building the Barracks on Winter Hill. I was personally acquain- -ted with said Dodd before he entered the Army, while he was in the Army during the said Eight months - that he was an inhabitant of Holden in the County of Worcester -
Jonathan Flagg
Attest Charles Chaffin Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss Holden Apr 26 th 1840
The above affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me "to be used in behalf of the widow of the late John Dodd in obtaining - a Pension
Charles Chaffin Justice of the Peace
The above named Jonathan Flagg is considered a man of truth and veracity - Charles Chaffin J. Peace

David Mason Lt Col Artillery ✓ Joseph Eayers Major Artificers ✓ Thomas Bolter capt carpenters Richard Faxon capt Smiths Edward Boylston capt Wheelwrights ✓ William Hawes capt Harness Makers ✓ Christ n Minot Paymaster ✓ James Frost Master Tinman Samuel Wild Quarter Master Beny m Hoey conductor of the Laboratory Sam l Bridge Clerk Tho s Eayers Clerk to Major ✓ Stevens Mason Harness Maker June 1, 1779 John E Ely Do July 3 1778 Will m Hawes Do June 1, 1778 Edw d Boylston Tinman April 1, 1778 John Stearns Blacksmith May 11, 1778
Enlisted in 1777 and served 3 yrs or during the war.

14 Nov 1842
Lee b.
James M. [unclear]
Lee
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension office Washington D.C.

Boston Nov. 12. 1842
Jas L Edwards Esq. Sir, Some ten or twelve months ago, Mr. Jas Dodd addressed a letter to you enquiring if Mrs. Hannah Hubbard widow of Mr. John Dodd, was not entitled to a pension for the services said Dodd, performed during the Revolutionary war - In answer to which you replied that her second marriage cut her off from a pension for that portion of his services, which were performed previous to their marriage, and on receipt of your letter there were no living witnesses that she knew, by whom she could prove his services, (unless her own deposition be evidence) at Springfield after their marriage - I am informed that the law passed at the last session of Congress will entitle her to a pension notwithstanding her second marriage - if I am correct in my information will you please inform me what will be required in order to obtain for her the said pension - I would not trouble you in regard to it, but she does not feel able to employ any one to look after it, she having already expended more than she could well afford in order to obtain evidence (which evidence is on file in your department) of said Dodd's services - Your attention to this communication will confer an obligation on Mrs. Hubbard, and very much oblige
Your Obedt Servt
Geo. W. Dodd
Please address
Geo. W. Dodd Atlantic Bank Boston

Washington Jan'y 30. 1843
Sir
I have seen the case referred to in the enclosed only needs a new application - Be pleased to inform me & return the letter -
Yrs respectfully
Thos. P. Samson
J. B. Palmer Esq.

Read this mean:
Hon. J. Pierce Senate U.S.

In answering this letter, be careful to state the fact that the Hon. F. Pierce called at the office to converse on the subject.

Wokingham May 24. 1897
Sir
I enclose the application of Hannah Kubasa for a Pension - Respectfully Your Obedient Servant

4797
Map Act 4 July 1836
Hannah Hubbard, formerly widow of John Dods
Hn. A. Lawrence ARR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 9 th 1839.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Dods is born on "A Return of Captain John Jones Company in Col. Doolittle's Regt.", as a private belonging to the town of Welden. The Return is dated "Camp on Winter Hill. 6 th October 1775," and is signed "John Jones Captain."
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

H. Hubbard
The petitioner declares that she is still a widow.
and aforementioned, at the rate of _____ cent per annum.
under the Act of 11th June, 1842, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband.
and who was a
who was a resident of
Adm o Adm o
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the identical person who drew a pension from the Act of 3d March, 1818, granting pensions to such widows as were entitled to receive the same. In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of 11th June, 1842, she has been required to make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of 11th June, 1842, and to be entitled to receive the same.
a resident of
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid,
day of
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CONTR.
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 3d March, 1818, entitled "An act making further provision for certain widows and children of the Revolutionary War," and the act of Congress of 11th June, 1842, entitled "An act
DECLARATION
G. S. Bulfinch Boston

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this fifteenth day of May 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Hannah Hubbard a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
John Dodd who was a resident of Holden in said Commonwealth and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Hannah Hubbard her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written; }
In presence of B. D. D. D.  G. T. Belfinch Justice of the Peace.
* Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. G. T. Belfinch Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
X, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that G. T. Belfinch is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of May 18 48
CLERK.

Massachusetts-7051
Rept 20 Mar '43
Hannah Hubbard, formerly the widow of John Dodd
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 November 1810 of Suffolk Co in the State of Mass: of the who was a private in the commanded by Captain the Massachusetts - line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 26.00 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 - day of February 1843 - and sent to Hon W. Parker, Jr. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Semiannual allowance ending
$133.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 96 -